Latter Day Saints
I Take to Preaching--Make Many Converts--Refuse to Baptize Them--They are Baptized by a Campbellite Preacher--Urged to Join the Campbellites--Refuse, and the Devil Tempts me--I Grieve the Spirit, but Regain it Through Fasting and Prayer--Hear the Gospel--Visit from Elder Giffo...
JOURNEY TO LANAI--MEET MR. GIBSON--REVERENCE OF NATIVES FOR HIM--HIS SPEECH AND ASSUMPTION--ELDER JOSEPH F. SMITH'S REPLY--ELDER SNOW'S PROPHECY--MR. GIBSON CUT OFF THE CHURCH--...
10. CHAPTER II.Apostates Met--The Chaplain Separates From the Company to Meet some Apostates--An Adventurous Trip--Discharged Government Teamsters Indignant at "Mormons"--Plot to Steal the Cha...
16. CHAPTER VI.WARNED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY OR RENOUNCE "MORMONISM"--WIFE AND CHILDREN THREATENED--A BOY'S PLUCK--FORCED TO FLEE FOR OUR LIVES--PROPERTY CONFISCATED--BATTLE OF CROOKED RIVER--PR...
17. CHAPTER I.ELDERS CALLED HOME FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS--NATIVE ELDER LEFT TO PRESIDE--GIBSON'S ARRIVAL IN SALT LAKE--JOINS THE CHURCH--ASKS FOR A MISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS--HIS DEEP...
14. CHAPTER IV.CONVERTED--START FOR MISSOURI--CALLED TO PREACH "MORMONISM" WITHOUT BEING BAPTIZED--JOIN THE CHURCH--VOYAGE TO PITTSBURG--PREACH THE GOSPEL AND ESTABLISH A BRANCH--EXPERIENCE AS...
15. CHAPTER V.In March, 1833, I removed to Kirtland. The Kirtland Temple committee was appointed June 6th, 1833. About that time, I took with my team Brothers Hyrum and Joseph Smith, Reynolds...
11. CHAPTER I.My mother was afflicted many years with consumption. I remember her as a fervent, praying woman. She used, frequently, to call me to her bedside and counsel me to be a good man,...
13. CHAPTER III.I TAKE TO PREACHING--MAKE MANY CONVERTS--REFUSE TO BAPTIZE THEM--THEY ARE BAPTIZED BY A CAMPBELLITE PREACHER--URGED TO JOIN THE CAMPBELLITES--REFUSE, AND THE DEVIL TEMPTS ME--I...
19. CHAPTER I.IN 1857, James Buchanan, who was then President of the United States, sent an army to this Territory, for the purpose, it was said, of punishing the "Mormons" for breaking the l...
20. CHAPTER II.APOSTATES MET--THE CHAPLAIN SEPARATES FROM THE COMPANY TO MEET SOME APOSTATES--AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP--DISCHACHARGED GOVERNMENT TEAMSTERS INDIGNANT AT "MORMONS"--PLOT TO STEAL THE...
12. CHAPTER IIWhile at Watertown, I married, and afterwards removed to Mendon, Monroe County. At this place I had a remarkable dream or vision. I fancied that I died. In a moment I was out of...
8. CHAPTER II.Journey to Lanai--Meet Mr. Gibson--Reverence of Natives for Him--His Speech and Assumption--Elder Joseph F. Smith's Reply--Elder Snow's Prophecy--Mr. Gibson Cut Off the Church--...
6. CHAPTER VI.Warned to Leave the Country or Renounce "Mormonism"--Wife and Children Threatened--A Boy's Pluck--Forced to Flee for our Lives--Property Confiscated--Battle of Crooked River--Pr...
7. CHAPTER I.Elders Called Home from the Sandwich Islands--Native Elders Left to Preside--Gibson's Arrival in Salt Lake--Joins the Church--Asks for a Mission to the Sandwich Islands--His Dee...
3. CHAPTER III.I Take to Preaching--Make Many Converts--Refuse to Baptize Them--They are Baptized by a Campbellite Preacher--Urged to Join the Campbellites--Refuse, and the Devil Tempts me--I...
4. CHAPTER IV.Converted--Start for Missouri--Called to Preach "Mormonism" without being Baptized--Join the Church--Voyage to Pittsburg--Preach the Gospel and Establish a Branch--Experience as...
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